Just William's Luck (film)

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Just William's Luck
"Just William's Luck" (1947).png
Cover of the "making of" book
Directed byVal Guest
Written byRichmal Crompton
Val Guest
Produced byJames A. Carter (as James Carter)
StarringWilliam Graham
Garry Marsh
CinematographyLeslie Rowson (uncredited)
Edited byAnne Barker
Music byRobert Farnon
Distributed byUnited Artists Corporation
Release date
  • 17 December 1947 (1947-12-17) (London)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Just William's Luck is a 1947 British comedy film directed by Val Guest and starring William Graham, Garry Marsh and Jane Welsh.[1] The film was based on the Just William series of books by Richmal Crompton. Crompton was impressed with the film and wrote a novel Just William's Luck based on the events of the film. The following year a second film William Comes to Town was made.

Plot[]

William and his gang, "The Outlaws" foil a gang of fur robbers.

Cast[]

Critical reception[]

Radio Times wrote, "while William Graham captures something of the scruffy boisterousness of Richmal Crompton's timeless comic creation, director Val Guest's screenplay smoothes away the rougher edges to produce a sanitised tale of childhood mayhem, suitable for young eyes. The same paternalism dogged the sequel, William at the Circus";[2] while Sky Movies wrote, "it's a lively romp with a jolly knockabout climax in a house that William and his gang of `outlaws' are trying to haunt."[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Just William's Luck (1947) - BFI". BFI. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012.
  2. ^ David Parkinson. "Just William's Luck". RadioTimes.
  3. ^ http://skymovies.sky.com/just-williams-luck/review

Bibliography[]

  • Collins, Fiona & Ridgman, Jeremy. Turning the Page: Children's Literature in Performance and the Media. Peter Lang, 2006.

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